Gurusum Weekly

 Four things not come back:- the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.

 Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.

 Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market.

 Any water in the desert will do.

 A mule who goes in search of a fine set of antlers, will come back with his ears cut off.

One is one's own master on one's own stove.

Eggs cannot teach a hen.

Do not plant a tree with its root upward.

Do not play with fire - you will burn yourself.

A wolf won't eat wolf.

A fly will not get into a closed mouth.

One who sits between two chairs may easily fall down.

As is well that ends well.

All cats are grey at night.

All are not cooks that walk with long knives.

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.

Things of today, accomplished today.

 A small hole not mended in time will become a big hole much more difficult to mend.

 Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man  to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.